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Wow does my FFH drive like crap in the snow! We had about 8 inches today and I had to stop at a driveway exit and then restart to enter the street. When I tried to accelerate I couldn't move, weird, so I floored it and got no response! I don’t mind spinning the tires to get going, but I was surprised to find out you can’t spin the tires. No matter how I tried to accelerate I just sat there with my foot to the floor on the accelerator and got no response, what a weird feeling. I backed up and then floored it in drive to get through the little extra snow at the intersection, even then the engine RPM‘s were very low. It didn't matter if I was in low gear or drive, it was the same response. I guess if you ever get stuck in the snow or mud there is no rocking it back and forward and spinning tires. I should have disabled traction control I guess, but it’s a pain to go through the menu to get to it. Weeks ago I wanted to leave traction control off, but as my dealer pointed out it always defaults to traction on. At least my Jetta was a button you could push easily to enable or disable. This makes me not want to slow up or stop in snow, you just have to keep moving to keep it going. Takes some getting used to.